Total Skill Practice #2

Connotation & Denotation

100

What is the connotation of the word lovely?

Positive

200

What is the connotation of the word superficial?

Negative

300

What is the connotation of the word impose?

Negative

400

What is the connotation of the word weather?

Neutral

500

What is the connotation of the word unit?

Neutral

Lenses and OPTIC Method

100

This part of the OPTIC method goes over all of the content at first glance; the things you immediately see.

Overview

200

This lens relates to content involving things like government and economical factors. 

Politics, Government, and Business

300

This part of the acronym, the P, focuses on each element in the content.

Part

400

This lens focuses on the habitat we live in; I promise we care, although you use the middle digit of your hand to remember it!

Environment

500

The C in the OPTIC strategy is most often tied to rhetoric; not the macaroni and cheese!

Craft

Comparatives & Superlatives

100

This is the comparative form of the word funny.

Funnier

200

This is the superlative form of the word smart.

Smartest

300

This is the superlative form of the word complex.

The most complex

400

For the word great, how would it be used in the following sentence: Zendaya is ___ actress in film and television working today.

the greatest

500

For the word judgemental, how would it be used in the following sentence: My father is __ than my mother.

More judgemental

Text Structure

100

This text structure uses words such as first, second, and before.

Sequence

200

This text structure is concerned with relating two things to one another based on their differences and similarities.

Compare and Contrast

300

This text structure uses words such as answer, solution, and problem.

Problem & Solution

400

This text structure uses words such as for example, for instance, or to demonstrate.

Reasons and Examples

500

This text structure looks at something happening because of something else, using words such as because and consequently.

Cause and Effect

Rhetoric and Registers

100

This rhetorical appeal is based on the audience's emotions and the reaction the creator wants to elicit from the them.

Pathos

200

This rhetorical appeal targets the body of the argument and what the source is saying about the content itself.

Logos

300

An example of this appeal would be a car commercial showing the aftermath of a terrible accident.

Pathos

400

This rhetorical appeal focuses on the source's credibility; how likely are you to buy from one brand over another?

Ethos

500

An example of this appeal would be an advertisement displaying the results of brushing with a whitening toothpaste after two weeks.

Logos